Episodic gullying and paleomonsoon cycles on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-241

  Porter, Stephen C ^a   An, Zhisheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Loess; Loess Plateau; Paleogullies; Paleomonsoons; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

GULLY EROSION; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOSOL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 24144478262     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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